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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1967
PAGE EIGHT THE MICHIGA1~J DAiLY WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1961
DROPOUTS, FAILURES:
Soviet Schools Face
Problems as in U.S.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Critics who
scrutinize the Soviet system of ed-
ucation invariably point out that
the Communists have the same
problems as the capitalists: drop-
outs, teacher shortages, classroom
shortages, and so on. But 50 years
of Communism has produced more
than these similarities; it brought
a backward feudal nation to a
high rate of literacy, a climate in
which education is vital-and na-
tional honor as a pioneer of space.
MOSCOW (P) - Red scarves
around their necks denoting mem-
bership in a Communist youth or-
ganization, Soviet schoolchildren
sit neatly disciplined in old-fash-
ioned wooden desks under the gaze
of Lenin's portrait and study
mathematics, physics and other
subjects in a science-oriented cur-
riculum.
From the sharply supervisory
eyes of the portrait to the subjects
selected for producing "builders
of Communism," Soviet schools
have a more ideological slant than
western ones.
But they suffer from many of
the same problems: dropouts, fail-
ures, inadequately trained teach-
ers and antiquated teaching meth-
ods, classroom shortages and other
troubles.
Indoctrination
From the extensive system of
pre-school clases through univer-
sity lectures, ideological indoc-
trination is first priority. Text-
books are rigorously adapted to
Kremlin thinking.
Since universal education began
in 1930, the Soviet school system
has projected this country into
second place behind the United
States in industry and science.
The first Soviet sputnik in 1957
brought Western recognition of
the quality } of Soviet education.
But, ironically, the decade since
then has been a time of tinkering
with the system and second
thoughts about its soundness.
Too Technical?
Some Soviet critics say it is too
technically oriented, too little de-
signed for the needs of a maturing
industrial power. Of the 10,000
hours of subjects in the 10-year
education system, about 2,000 are
spent on mathematics, sciences
take about the same.
"Ideological indoctrination" en-
croaches into subjects like history
and geography. Literature, assign-
ed 820 hours in the 1940 school
program, now gets only 560 hours.
This is lopsided, said a critic
recently. "It is impossible to ig-
nore the emotional channel in ed-
ucating a child."
A Russian child starts school
at the age of 7, usually after
learning a little reading, writing
and arithmetic in pre-school
classes. These classes form, part
of the baby-sitting system in a,
land for working mothers.
Children 7-10 years old go to
school four hours a day, six days
a week. Older pupils go at least
five hours daily and to their 30-
hour week are added optional-
and sometimes not so optional-
subjects.
There are more than 48 million
pupils in Soviet elementary and
secondary schools, and 2.5 million
teachers. This is a ratio of 19
pupils per teacher, compared with
24% to one in the United States.
Teacher Problem
In a comment echoing some
American criticism of U.S. teach-
er training, minister of education
Mikhail A. Prokofiev says there
are complaints about low qualifi-
cations of those who teach teach-
ers and insufficient time spent
teaching teachers the subjects
they wvill teach.
Prokofiev complains that schools
have been vulgarized with a vo-
cational outlook. Scientific in-
struction has gotten out of date.
Textbooks are inadequate.
Others report a disturbingly
high rate of dropouts and fail-
ures. Statistics are kept secret.
Not General
The Soviet system has , little
space for the kind of general edu-
cation that most American college
graduates receive. Last year the
Soviet Union graduated 179,000
engineers, the United States, 43,-
000.
Heavy emphasis on technical
subjects remains a response to
the needs of industrialization.
But many bright youngsters shy
away from non-technical sub-
jects like history.
Such subjects have too many
career hazards in a country that
is continually rewriting its history
and adjusting other topics to meet
the current Communist Party
line.
Most Western visitors develop
respect for the educational re-
sults. The Soviet space program
is its best advertisement.
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